diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cflint/CFLint.java b/src/main/java/com/cflint/CFLint.java
index 262ed4497..b27e30e07 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cflint/CFLint.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cflint/CFLint.java
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFScriptStatement;
 import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFSwitchStatement;
 import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFTryCatchStatement;
+import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFWhileStatement;
 import cfml.parsing.reporting.ArrayErrorListener;
 import cfml.parsing.reporting.IErrorReporter;
 import cfml.parsing.reporting.ParseException;
@@ -812,6 +813,10 @@ private void process(final CFScriptStatement expression, final Context context)
                 process(((CFForStatement) expression).getCond(), elem, context);
                 process(((CFForStatement) expression).getNext(), elem, context);
                 process(((CFForStatement) expression).getBody(), context);
+            } else if (expression instanceof CFWhileStatement) {
+                scanExpression(expression, context, elem);
+                process(((CFWhileStatement) expression).getCond(), elem, context);
+                process(((CFWhileStatement) expression).getBody(), context);
             } else if (expression instanceof CFForInStatement) {
                 scanExpression(expression, context, elem);
                 final Context forInitContext = context.subContext(elem);
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/cflint/tests/UnusedVariable/while_465.cfc b/src/test/resources/com/cflint/tests/UnusedVariable/while_465.cfc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bd06e46a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/cflint/tests/UnusedVariable/while_465.cfc
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+component{
+function safetext(text) {
+    var obracket = find("<",theText);        
+    var badTag = "";
+    var nextStart = "";
+        while(obracket){
+            badTag = REFindNoCase();
+            if(badTag.pos[1]){
+                nextStart = badTag.pos[1] + badTag.len[1];
+            }
+            else{
+                nextStart = obracket + 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/cflint/tests/UnusedVariable/while_465.expected.txt b/src/test/resources/com/cflint/tests/UnusedVariable/while_465.expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b579778d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/cflint/tests/UnusedVariable/while_465.expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{
+  "version" : "",
+  "timestamp" : 1513779574,
+  "issues" : [ {
+    "severity" : "INFO",
+    "id" : "UNUSED_LOCAL_VARIABLE",
+    "message" : "UNUSED_LOCAL_VARIABLE",
+    "category" : "CFLINT",
+    "abbrev" : "UL",
+    "locations" : [ {
+      "file" : "src\\test\\resources\\com\\cflint\\tests\\UnusedVariable\\while_465.cfc",
+      "fileName" : "while_465.cfc",
+      "function" : "safetext",
+      "column" : 8,
+      "line" : 3,
+      "message" : "Local variable obracket is not used in function safetext, consider removing it.",
+      "variable" : "obracket",
+      "expression" : ""
+    } ]
+  }, {
+    "severity" : "INFO",
+    "id" : "UNUSED_LOCAL_VARIABLE",
+    "message" : "UNUSED_LOCAL_VARIABLE",
+    "category" : "CFLINT",
+    "abbrev" : "UL",
+    "locations" : [ {
+      "file" : "src\\test\\resources\\com\\cflint\\tests\\UnusedVariable\\while_465.cfc",
+      "fileName" : "while_465.cfc",
+      "function" : "safetext",
+      "column" : 8,
+      "line" : 4,
+      "message" : "Local variable badTag is not used in function safetext, consider removing it.",
+      "variable" : "badTag",
+      "expression" : ""
+    } ]
+  }, {
+    "severity" : "INFO",
+    "id" : "UNUSED_LOCAL_VARIABLE",
+    "message" : "UNUSED_LOCAL_VARIABLE",
+    "category" : "CFLINT",
+    "abbrev" : "UL",
+    "locations" : [ {
+      "file" : "src\\test\\resources\\com\\cflint\\tests\\UnusedVariable\\while_465.cfc",
+      "fileName" : "while_465.cfc",
+      "function" : "safetext",
+      "column" : 8,
+      "line" : 5,
+      "message" : "Local variable nextStart is not used in function safetext, consider removing it.",
+      "variable" : "nextStart",
+      "expression" : ""
+    } ]
+  } ],
+  "counts" : {
+    "totalFiles" : 0,
+    "totalLines" : 0,
+    "countByCode" : [ {
+      "code" : "UNUSED_LOCAL_VARIABLE",
+      "count" : 3
+    } ],
+    "countBySeverity" : [ {
+      "severity" : "INFO",
+      "count" : 3
+    } ]
+  }
+}
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